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THIS  EDITION 

IS 

DEDICATED 

TO 

The   Willewemoc   Club, 

BY 

The  American  Editor. 


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AN  AMERICAN  EDITION 


OF 


The  Treatyse  of  Eysshynge 


WYTH  AN  AXGI.E, 


From  the  Boke  of  St.  Albans, 


BY  DAME  JULIANA  BERNERS, 

A.  D.  1496. 


EDITED  BY  GEO.  IV.  VAN  STCLEN, 

Of  the  New  York  Bar. 


NEW  YORK : 

Orange  Judd  Company, 

245  Broadway, 
1880. 


Entered  according  to  Act  of  Congress,  in  the  year  1875,  by 

Geo.  W.  Van  Siclen, 
in  the  office  of  the  Librarian  of  Congress,  at  Washington, 


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PREFACE 

TO    THIS     AMERICAN     EDITION. 


/TvHIS  fresh,  quaint,  charming  old  book 
should  have  been  reprinted  before,  it 
seems  to  me. 

A  brief  extract  from  it  in  my  copy  of 
Walton's  Angler,  made  me  desire  to  place 
it  on-  a  certain  shelf  in  my  library,  where, 
by  the  side  of  "The  Contemplative  Man's 
Recreation,"  repose  Prime's  "  I  Go  a 
Fishing,"  Wade's  "  Halcyon  Days,"  Sir 
Humphrey  Davy's  "Salmonia,"  and  "The 
Angler  and  His  Friends,"  Norris'  "Amer- 
ican Angler,"  the  New  York  State  Report 


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on  the  Adirondacks,  "  The  Babes  in  the 
Woods,"  and  Interesting  volumes  indors- 
ed with  the  names  of  Frank  Forester, 
Scott,  Hallock,  Francis,  and  others. 

That's  a  deHghtful  shelf ! 

And  I  thought  I  would  add  to  its  treas- 
ures :  but  not  a  copy  of  the  old  Dame's 
book  could  I  find  :  that  is,  in  this  country. 
So  I  sent  to  the  other  side,  and  found  that 
one  of  the  original  copies,  printed  in  1496, 
if  I  could  get  It  at  all,  would  cost  me  from 
$2500  to  $3000  :  and  that  a  copy  of  the 
Baskerville    edition,  of   1827,  would    cost 

$82. 

Perhaps,  however,  critics  may  be  found, 
who  may  render  it  necessary  for  me  to 
state  that  I  do  not  vouch  for  the  correct- 
ness of  my  transcript  of  the  old  English 
style  and  spelling,  on  the  ground  that  I 
have  read  a  copy  of  the  original  edition. 


II 

I  have  no  doubt  that  every  angler  who 
reads  this  book  will  thank  me  for  having 
had  it  republished.  I  may  be  said  to  have 
led  you  to  the  cool,  limpid  waters  of  the 
source  of  the  trout  stream — the  spring, 
hidden  in  the  ancient  woods,  and  whose 
brim  is  adorned  with  the  moss  of  cen- 
turies. 

I  have  reproduced  the  elegant  illustra- 
tions which  (I  believe)  adorned  the  first 
edition.  The  earliest  print  from  a  wood 
engraving  of  which  any  information  can 
be  obtained,  was  found  in  an  ancient  Ger- 
man convent ;  it  is  a  picture  of  St.  Chris- 
topher, and  is  dated  1423;  in  1496  this 
book  was  first  "  emprynted  "  ;  I  think  it 
quite  possible  that  this  old  frontispiece 
represented  St.  Peter :  it  is  certainly  quite 
as  good  a  likeness  of  him  as  I  have  ever 
seen.    The  illustrations  intended  to  instruct 


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In  the  matter  of  lines  and  hooks,  floats, 
hammer,  vice,  etc.,  are  about  as  valuable  as 
the  more  finished  modern  engravings  of 
similar  instructions  in  modern  books  ;  and 
the  method  set  forth  for  making  "  rodde 
and  lyne "  remind  me  of  the  description 
of  the  construction  of  a  birch-bark  bucket, 
in  an  article  which  appeared  long  ago  in 
the  "  Knickerbocker  Magazine."  "  It  is 
somehow  thus.  You  take  a  large  square 
sheet  of  birch-bark  and  some  wooden- 
pins;  you  turn  up  one  end  of  the  bark  and 
stick  in  a  pin  ;  you  then  turn  up  the  side 
and  fasten  it  to  the  end ;  you  double  the 
ends  together  and  fasten  them  with  these 
pins ;  turn  it  up  all  round,  so  the  water 
won't  run  out,  fasten  it,  and  there's  your 
bucket;  it  is  a  very  simple  contrivance." 
The  aforesaid  description  of  how  to 
make  a  rod  seems  to  me  to  afford  internal 


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evidence  that  the  book  was  written  by  a 
woman ;  and  so  does  the  delightful  non 
sequihcr  In  many  of  the  arguments,  e.  g. : 
where,  having  stated  the  miseries  attend- 
ing the  enjoyment  of  the  three  other 
games,  the  authoress  at  once  jumps  to 
the  conclusion  "  dowteles  thenne  folowyth 
It,  that  It  must  nedes  be  the  dysporte  of 
fysshynge  with  an  angle"  that  causeth  "a 
long  lyfe  and  a  mery."  I  am  by  no  means 
satisfied  with  the  proof  and  argument  In 
the  English  Editor's  preface  to  the  1827 
Edition,  (which  Is  reprinted  herewith),  that 
the  book  was  not  written  by  Dame  Juliana 
Berners.  In  '' Blographia  Britannica"  art. 
Caxton,  note  L.,  Mr.  Oldys  has  given  a 
copious  account  of  the  whole  book  (The 
Boke  of  St.  Albans)  and  a  character  of 
the  lady  who  compiled  It.  Her  name  ap- 
pears to   have   been   ''  Dame   Julyans    (or 


H 

Juliana)  Berners,  Bernes,  or  Barnes ; 
prioress  of  the  nunnery  of  Sopwell,  near 
St.  Albans ;  a  lady  of  noble  family — and 
celebrated  by  Leland,  Bale,  Pitts  and 
Tanner,  for  her  learning  and  accomplish- 
ments." I  must  confess  that  I  am  puzzled 
a  little  to  account  for  the  lady's  knowl- 
edge of  so  practical  a  sport ;  and  yet,  on 
the  Beaverkill,  not  far  from  the  Wllle- 
wemoc  Club  House,  In  Sullivan  County, 
N.  Y.,  I  have  seen  a  lady  fill  her  creel 
with  the  best ;  so  might  the  old  dame  and 
her  nuns  have  done  In  England  just  prior 
to  the  time  when  this  continent  was  dis- 
covered, and  long  before  the  Willewemoc 
had  been  heard  of.  The  present  Wille- 
wemoc Club  is  not  composed  of  Indians ; 
nor  Is  its  club-house  an  Abbey,  but  a  house 
of  hemlock  boards,  with  comfortable  rooms ; 
floors  uncarpeted,  except  by  the  bedside; 


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and  a  broad  piazza,  furnished  with  easy 
chairs,  and  overlooking  a  beautiful  lake, 
full  of  trout ;  with  an  appanage  of  acres 
of  woodland,  and  four  miles  of  a  fine  trout 
stream. 

There  I  shall  go  when  the  apple  trees 
are  in  blossom. 

And  to  please  the  congenial  spirits  of 
the  modern  monks  who  form  that  Club, 
and  the  brethren  of  the  angle  through  our 
land,  is  this  little  book  reprinted. 

G.  W.  V.  S. 

New  York,  1875. 


17 


PREFACE 

TO   THE    ENGLISH*EDITION    OF   1827. 


ADVERTISEMENT. 

The  following  "  Treatyfe  of  Fyffhynge 
wyth  an  angle  "  is  not  only  the  earlieft, 
but  by  far  the  moft  curious  effay  upon  the 
fubject  which  has  ever  appeared  in  the 
Englifh,  or,  perhaps,  in  any  other  lan- 
guage. 

It  feems  to  have  been  firft  printed  by 
Wynkyn  De  Worde,  in  his  edition  of  the 
Book  of  St.  Albans  in  1496  ;  and,  judging 
from  its  orthography  and  language,  it  was 
evidently  written  in  the  middle  of-  the  fif- 
teenth  century.      An   attempt    has   been 


i8 

made  by  the  editor  of  the  reprint  of  that 
work  to  prove,  from  the  following  paffage, 
that  it  was  originally,  compofed  about  that 
time  :  "  Now,  thenne,  will  I  dyfcrye  the 
fayd  dyfportes  and  gamys  to  find  the  befte 
of  theym  as  veryly  as  I  can  :  alle  be  it  that 
the  right  noble  and  full  worthy  prynce,  the 
Duke  of  Yorke,  late  callid  mayfter  of 
game,  hath  dyfcryed  the  myrthes  of  hunt- 
ynge  lyke  as  I  thinke  to  dyfcrye  of  it, 
&c."  ;  but  the  evidence  which  it  affords  is 
of  a  very  doubtful  character.  The  Treat- 
yfe  alluded  to  was  written  by  Edmond  of 
Langley,  Duke  of  Yorke,  who  died  in 
1402,  and  whofe  fituation  of  "  Mayfter  of 
the  Game  "  is  thus  noticed  by  Hardyng  : 
"  The  Kyng  then  made  the  Duke  of 
York  by  name  Maifter  of  the  new  houfe, 
and  his  hawkes  fayre  of  his  venery  and 
Mayfter  of  Game  ;  "  but  the  only  pofitive 


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inference  which  that  fentence  allows  is, 
that  the  writer  had  feen  the  treatyfe  on 
Huntynge,  and  that  the  royal  author  of  it 
was  then  deceafed,  for  from  the  great  lax- 
ity of  language  at  that  period  it  would  be 
very  unfafe  to  confider  that  "  late  called 
Mayfter  of  Game  "  meant  either  that  the 
Duke  was  then  living,  but  no  longer 
*'  Mayfter  of  Game,"  or  that  "  his  name 
and  perfon  were  recent  in  memory  in  time 
of  the  author." 

Unfortunately,  there  are  no  means  by 
which  the  name  of  the  Author  of  the 
Treatvfe  can  be  afcertained  ;  and  the 
opinion  expreffed  by  Sir  John  Hawkins, 
that  it  was  written  by  Dame  Julian  de 
Berners,  is  not  only  unfupported  by  even 
a  fhadow  of  proof,  but  it  is  negatived  by 
the  following  circumftances :  It  does  not 
occur  in  the  firft  edition  of  the  "  Boke  of 


20 

St.  Albans,"  in  1488,  and  upon  its  intro- 
duction into  that  work  by  Wynkyn  de 
Worde,  lie  explains  his  motives  for  infert- 
ing  it  in  a  manner  which  almoft  eftablishes 
that  it  is  not  the  production  of  that  cele- 
brated woman,  or  of  either  of  thofe  by 
whom  fhe  is  suppofed  to  have  been 
affifted. 

"  Here  we  fhall  make  an  ende  of  the 
mooft  fpecyall  thynges  of  the  boke  of  the 
lygnage  of  cote  armurys,  and  how  gently- 
men  shall  be  knowen  from  ungentlymen. 
And  confequently  fhall  follow  a  compen- 
dyous  treatife  of  fyffhynge  wyth  an  angle, 
whiche  is  right  neceffary  to  be  had  in  this 
prefent  volum  by  caufe  it  fhewyth  afore 
the  manere  of  hawkynge  and  huntynge, 
wyth  other  dyvers  maters  right  neceffary 
to  be  knowen  of  noble  men,  and  alfo  for 
it  is  one  of  the  dyfports  that  gentlymen 


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ufe.  And  alfo  that  it  is  not  foo  laborory- 
ous  ne  foo  difhoneft  to  fyffhe  in  this  wyfe 
as  it  is  w^  nettes  and  other  engynes 
whyche  crafty  men  do  ufe  for  theyr  dayle 
encreafe  of  goodes."  But  the  conclufion 
is  ftill  more  convincing:  "And  for  by 
caufe  that  this  prefent  treatyfe  fholde  not 
come  to  the  handys  of  eche  ydle  perfone 
whyche  wolde  defire  it  yf  it  were  em- 
prynted  allone  by  itfeh'  and  put  in  a  lyttle 
plaunflet,  therefore  I  have  compylyd  it  in 
a  greter  volume  of  dyverfe  bokys  con- 
cernynge  to  gentyll  and  noble  men,  to  the 
extent  that  the  forfayd  ydle  perfones 
whyche  fholde  have  but  lytyll  mefure  in 
the  fayd  dyfporte  of  fyffhynge  fholde  not 
by  this  meane  utterly  deftroye  it." 

The  latter  paffage,  befides  its  import- 
ance, it  is  prefumed,  decifive  of  the  point 
it  is  cited  to  prove,  is  deferving  of  atten- 


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tion,  from  the  wifh  which  it  avows  to 
confine  information  on  AngHng  to  the  up- 
per claffes,  who  only  could  then  afford  to 
purchafe  a  large  volume ;  left,  if  it  was  dif- 
tributed  among  ''ydle  perfons, "  by  which 
the  lower  orders  were  probably  meant, 
there  would  be  fo  many  fkilful  anglers  as 
to  leave  but  little  fport  for  ''  gentlymen," 
who  alone,  in  the  writer's  eftimation,  were 
entitled  to  fuch  an  amufement. 

The  remark  relative  to  a  "lytylle  plaun- 
flet "  favours  the  idea  that  a  much  greater 
number  of  articles  of  that  defcription  were 
then  printed,  and  confequently,  that  many 
more  perfons  were  -able  to  read  than  is 
commonly  imagined. 

The  only  MS.  of  the  Treatyfe  which  is 
known  to  be  extant,  is  a  fragment  now  in 
the  poffeffion  of  Jofeph  Haflewood,  Efq., 
and  which  formerly  belonged  to  Mr.  Wil- 


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Ham  Herbert.  It  does  not  extend  further 
than  the  Inftructlons  relating  to  the  bait 
for  trout ;  and  the  differences  between  it 
and  the  printed  copies,  which  are  very  few 
and  unimportant,  are  minutely  given  by 
that  accurate  and  indefatigable  reviewer 
of  old  Englifh  literature,  in  his  reprint  of 
the  Boke  of  St.  Albans. 

It  is  not,  however,  merely  as  a  literary 
curiofity  that  this  Treatyfe  is  of  intereft, 
for,  independently  of  the  information 
which  it  contains  of  the  ftate  of  Angling 
at  the  period  in  which  it  was  written,  there 
are  fome  grounds  for  prefuming  that  it 
fuggefted  to  Walton  the  idea  of  his  popu- 
lar "  Complete  Angler,"  for  the  moft  fu- 
perficial  reader  cannot  fail  to  be  ftruck  with 
the  general  refemblance  between  them. 
The. Treatyfe  of  F'yffhynge  wyth  an  Angle 
commences  with  fome  obfervations  which 


24 

are  remarkable  for  their  truth  and  fimplic- 
ity ;  and,  after  comparing  the  purfuits  of 
Hunting,  Hawking  and  FowHng  with  that 
of  AngHng,  the  preference  is,  of  courfe, 
given  to  the  latter.  Then  follow  inftruc- 
tions  for  making  tackle,  rods,  baits,  etc., 
and  a  defcription  of  the  moft  fkilful  man- 
ner of  uf  ing,  together  with  an  account  of 
the  various  kinds  of  river  fifh,  and  their 
refpective  merits  as  food :  and  the  treatife 
is  concluded  by  fome  admirable  rules  for 
the  governance  of  the  conduct  of  anglers 
towards  each  other,  and  towards  thofe 
whofe  lands  they  frequent,  an  obfervance 
of  which,  it  is  emphatically  added,  would 
fecure  "  the  bleffynge  of  God  and  Saynt 
Petyre,  whych  he  theym  graunte  that  wyth 
his  precious  blood  us  boughte." 

Thus  it  is  manifeft,  that  in  the  moft  im- 
portant features,  Walton   has  clofely   fol- 


lowed  the  Treatyfe ;  and,  although  he  has 
much  enlarged  upon  it,  and  introduced  his 
remarks  in  a  dialogue,  there  is  so  great  a 
fimilarity  between  them  as  to  juftify  the 
opinion,  that  if  the  original  idea  of  his 
work  was  not  derived  from  this  tract,  he 
was  indebted  to  it  in  an  eminent  degree. 

In  piety  and  virtue — in  the  inculcation 
of  morality — in  an  ardent  love  for  their 
art, — and  ftill  more, — in  that  placid  and 
Chriftian  fpirit,  for  which  the  amiable  Wal- 
ton was  fo  confpicuous,  the  early  writer 
was  fcarcely  inferior  to  his  more  celebrat- 
ed fucceffor.  Nor  ought  the  fuggeftion  to 
offend  the  admirers  of  the  latter,  that 
judging  from  their  writings  upon  the  fame 
fubject,  and  making  a  proper  allowance 
for  the  different  ftate  of  manners  in  the  fif- 
teenth and  feventeenth  centuries,  it  would 
be  difficult  to  find  two  more  kindred  fpirits 


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than  the  authors  of  "The  Treatyfe  of 
Fyffhynge  wyth  an  Angle"  and  of  "The 
Complete  Angler." 

To  thofe,  then,  who  confider  that  the 
idea  which  has  juft  been  hazarded  poffeffes 
fome  foundation,  this  little  volume  is  an 
almoft  indifpenfable  companion  to  their 
favorite  Walton  ;  whilft  to  fuch  as  deny  its 
juftice,  it  will  be  fcarcely  lefs  acceptable ; 
for  what  zealous  angler  can  be  indifferent 
to  the  manner  in  which  the  art  was  prac- 
tifed  by  his  forefathers  ? 

January,  182'/. 


Frontispiece  to  Original  Edition, 


The  Treatyfe  of 
FylThynge  with  an  Angle. 


C^e  Crtatist 

OF 


Jfpsljnge  toit|  ait  l^itglc. 


ATTRIBUTED   TO 


§ame  iuUana  ^mxm* 


Reprinted  from  the  Book  of  St.  Albans,  and  from  the 

Edition  :    London.     Printed  with  the  types  of 

John    Baskerville,  for    Williarii 

Pickering,    182'/. 


New   York  : 
JAS.  L.  BLACK,  PRINTER,  7  WEST  BROADWAY. 

1875. 


Emprynted  at  Westmestre 

by  Wynkyn  the  IVorde 

The  yere  of  Thyncarnacon  of  our  Lorde. 

MCCCCLXXXXVI. 

Reprinted  by  Thomas  White,  Crane  Court. 

MDCCCXXXII. 


Reprinted  by  James  L.  Black,  New  York, 
1875. 


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^  Here  Begynneth 

The  Treatyfe  of  Fyffhynge 

Wyth  an  Angle. 

Salamon  in  his  parablys  fayth  that  a 
good  fpyryte  makyth  a  floury nge  aege, 
that  is,  a  fayre  aege  and  a  longe,  and  fyth  it 
is  foo :  I  af  ke  this  queftion,  which  ben  the 
meanes  and  the  caufes  that  enduce  a  man 
in  to  a  merry  fpyryte  :  truly  to  my  beft 
dyfcrecon  it  femeth  good  dyfportes  and 
honeft  gamys  in  whom  a  man  joyeth  with- 
out any  repentance  after.  Thenne  follow- 
eth  it  y*  gode  dyfportes  and  honeft  gamys 
ben  caufe  of  mannys  fayr  aege  and  longe 
life.  And  therefore  now  woll  I  chofe  of 
foure  good   dyfportes   and   honeft  gamys, 


'  ' '  '  that'  IS  id  wyte  ;  of  huntynge  :  hawkynge  : 
fyffhynge :  and  foulynge.  The  befte  to 
my  fympLe  dyfcrecon  whyche  is  fyffhynge : 
called  anglynge,  with  a  rodde  and  a  lyne 
and  an  hoke :  and  thereof  to  treate  as  my 
fymple  wytte  may  fuffice :  both  for  the 
fayd  reafon  of  Salamon,  and  alfo  for  the 
reafon  that  phifyke  makyth  in  this  wyfe 
Tl  Si  tibi  deficiant  medici  medici  tibi  fiant 
hec  tria  mens  leta  labor  et  moderata  dieta. 
T[  Ye  fhall  underftonde  that  this  is  for  to 
faye :  Yf  a  man  lacke  leche  or  medicyne 
he  fhall  make  thre  thynges  his  leche  and 
medicyne  :  and  he  fhall  nede  neuer  no  moo. 
The  fyrfte  of  theym  is  a  mery  thought.  The 
feconde  is  labour  not  outrageo.  The 
thyrde  is  dyete  mefurable.  Fyrfte  that  yf 
a  man  wyll  euer  more  be  in  mery  thoughtes 
and  have  a  glad  fpyryte,  he  muft  efchewe 
all  contraryous  company,  and  all  places  of 


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debate  where  he  myghte  haue  any  occa- 
fyons  of  malencoly.  And  yf  he  woU  haue  a 
labour  not  outrageous  he  muft  thenne  or- 
deyne  him  to  his  hertys  eafe  and  pleafaunce, 
wythout  ftudye,  penfyfneffe  or  traueyle,  a 
mery  occupacyon,  which  may  reioyce  his 
herte :  and  in  whyche  his  fpyrytes  may 
haue  a  mery  delyte.  And  yf  he  woll  be 
dyetyd  mefurably,  he  muft  efchewe  all 
places  of  ryotte  whyche  is  caufe  of  furfette 
and  fykneffe :  and  he  muft  drawe  him  to 
places  of  fwete  ayre  and  hungry  :  and  ete 
nourifhable  meetes  and  dyffyable  alfo. 

Now  thenne  woll  I  dyfcryue  the  fayd 
dyfportes  and  gamys  to  fynde  the  befte  of 
them  as  veryly  as  I  can.  Alle  be  it  that 
the  ryght  noble  and  full  worthy  prynce,  the 
duke  of  Yorke,  late  callid  mayfter  of  game, 
hath  difcryued  the  myrthes  of  huntynge 
like  as  I  thinke  to  difcryue  of  it,  and  of  alle 


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the  other.  For  huntynge,  as  to  myn  en- 
tent,  is  to  laboryous,  for  the  hunter  muft 
alwaye  renne  and  followe  his  houndes : 
traueyllynge  and  fwetynge  full  fore.  He 
blouyth  tyll  his  lyppes  blyfter :  and  when 
he  wenyth  it  be  an  hare,  full  oft  it  is  an 
hegge  hogge.  Thus  chafyth  and  wote  not 
what.  He  corny th  home  at  euyn  rayn 
beten  pryckyd  :  and  his  clothes  torne,  wete 
fhode,  all  myry.  Some  hound  lofte:  fome 
furbat.  Suche  grues,  and  many  other, 
hapyth  vnto  the  hunter,  whyche,  for  dyf- 
pleyfaunce  of  theym  y^  loue  it,  I  dare  not 
reporte.  Thus  truly  me  femyth  that  this 
is  not  the  befte  dyfporte  and  game  of  the 
fayd  foure. 

The  dyfporte  and  game  of  hawkynge  is 
laborious  and  noyous  alfo,  as  me  femyth. 
F'or  often  the  faukener  lefeth  his  hawkes  as 
the    hunter   his    hondes.      Thenne    is  his 


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game  and  his  dyffporte  goon.  Full  often 
cryeth  he,  and  whyftelyth  tyll  he  be  ryght 
euyll  a  thurfte.  His  hawke  taketh  a  bowe 
and  lyftenot  ones  on  hym  reuarde:  whan 
he  wold  haue  her  for  to  flee,  thenne  woll 
fhe  bathe  :  with  myffedynge  fhe  fhall  haue 
the  frenfe  ;  the  rye  ;  the  cray  ;  and  many 
other  fykneffes  that  brynge  them  to  the 
fowfe. 

Thus  by  prouff  this  is  not  the  befte  dyf- 
porte  and  game  of  the  fayd  foure. 

The  dyfporte  and  game  of  fowlynge 
me  femyth  mooft  fymple.  For  in  the  wyn- 
ter  feafon  the  fouler  fpedyth  not  but  in  the 
mooft  hardeft  and  coldeft  weder ;  whyche 
is  grevous. 

For  whan  he  wolde  goo  to  his  gynnes, 
he  maye  not,  for  colde.  Many  a  gynne, 
and  many  a  fnare,  he  makyth.  Yet  foryly 
doth  he  fare. 


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At  morn  tyde  In  the  dewe  he  is  weete 
fhode  unto  his  tallye. 

Many  other  fuche  I  coude  tell :  but  drede 
of  magre  makith  me  for  to  leue. 

Thus  mefemyth  that  huntynge  and  hawk- 
ynge,  and  alfo  foulynge,  ben  fo  laborous 
and  greous,  that  none  of  theyme  maye 
perfourme  nor  bi  very  meane  that  enduce 
a  man  to  a  mery  dyfporte,  which  is  caufe 
of  his  long  life,  according  unto  y*'  fayd  par- 
able of  Salamon : 

^  Dowteles  thene  folowyth  it,  that  it 
muft  nedes  be  the  dyfporte  of  fyffhynge 
with  an  angle.  For  all  other  manere  is 
alfo  laborous,  and  greous,  whych  many 
tymes  hath  be  feen  caufe  of  grete  infir- 
mytes.  But  the  angler  may  haue  no  colde, 
nor  no  dyfeafe  nor  angre,  but  if  he  be 
caufer  hymfelf.  For  he  maye  not  lefe  at 
the  mooft  but  a  lyne  or  an  hoke  :  of  whyche 


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he  may  haue  ftore  plentee  of  his  owne 
makynge,  as  this  fymple  treatife  fhall  teche 
him.  So  thenne,  his  loffe  is  not  greous, 
and  other  greffes  may  he  not  haue,  fauynge 
but  yf  ony  fiffe  breke  away  after  that  he  is 
take  on  the  hoke  ;  or  elles  that  he  catche 
nought :  which  ben  not  greuous.  For  yf 
he  dooth  as  this  treatyfe  techyth,  but  yf 
there  be  nought  in  the  water,  and  yette 
atte  the  leeft  he  hath  his  holfom  walke  and 
mery,  at  his  eafe ;  a  fwete  ayre  of  the 
fwete  fauoure  of  the  meede  floures,  that 
makyth  hym  hungry.  He  hereth  the  mel- 
odyous  armony  of  foules.  He  feeth  the 
yonge  fwannes  :  heerons  :  duckes  :  cotes, 
and  many  other  foules  wyth  theyr  brodes  : 
whyche  me  femyth  better  than  alle  of  noyfe 
of  houndys :  the  blaftes  of  hornys  and 
the  crye  of  fouHs  that  hunters,  faukeners 
and  foulers  can  make. 


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And  yf  the  angler  take  fyffhe :  furely 
thenne  is  there  noo  man  merier  than  he  is 
in  his  spyryte. 

T[  Alfo  who  foo  woll  vfe  the  game  of 
anglynge  :  he  muft  ryefe  erly,  whiche  thyng 
is  prouffytable  to  man  in  this  wyfe.  That 
is  to  wyte  :  mooft  to  the  heele  of  his  foule, 
for  it  fhall  caufe  him  to  be  holy ;  and  to 
the  heele  of  his  body,  for  it  fhall  caufe  him 
to  be  hole.  Alfo  to  the  increafe  of  his 
goodys,  for  it  fhall  make  him  riche.  As 
the  olde  englyfhe  prouerbe  fayth  ^  who 
foo  woll  ryfe  erly  fhall  be  holy,  helthy,  and 
zely. 

^  Thus  have  I  prouyd  in  myn  entent 
that  the  dyfporte  and  game  of  anglynge  is 
the  very  meane  and  caufe  that  enducith  a 
man  into  a  mery  fpyryte  :  whyche  after  the 
fayd  parable  of  Salomon  and  the  fayd  doc- 


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trine  of  phifyk  makyth  a  flourynge  aege 
and  a  longe. 

And  therefore  to  al  you  that  ben  vertu- 
ous :  gentyll :  and  free  borne  I  wryte  and 
make  this  fymple  treatife  folowynge :  by 
whyche  ye  may  haue  the  full  craft  of  an- 
glynge  to  dyfport  you  at  your  lufte,  to  the 
entent  that  your  aege  maye  the  more  floure 
and  the  more  lenger  to  endure. 

Yf  ye  woll  be  crafty  in  anglynge  ye  muft 
firft  lerne  to  make  your  harnays,  that  is,  to 
wyte,  your  rodde :  your  lynes  of  dyuers 
colours.  After  that  ye  muft  know  hou  ye 
fhall  angle ;  in  what  place  of  the  water ; 
how  depe :  and  what  time  of  day.  For 
what  manere  of  fyffhe :  in  what  wedyr. 
How  many  impedymentes  there  ben  in 
fyffhynge  y^  is  called  anglynge.  And  in 
fpecyall,  wyth  what  baytys  to  euery  dy- 
uers fyffhe   in  eche  monett  of  the   yere. 


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Hou  ye  fhall  make  your  baytys  brede, 
where  ye  fhall  fynde  them :  and  hou  ye 
fhall  keep  theym :  and  for  the  mooft  crafty 
thynge  hou  ye  fhall  make  youre  hokes  of 
ftele  and  of  ofmonde,  fome  for  the  dubbe : 
and  fome  for  the  flote  ;  and  the  grounde : 
as  ye  fhall  here  after  al  thyfe  fynde  ex- 
preffed  openly  vnto  your  knowledge. 

^  And  hou  ye  fhall  make  your  rodde 
craftly  here  I  fhall  teche  you. 

Ye  fhall  kytte  betwene  Myghelmas  and 
Candlymas  a  fayr  staffe  of  a  fadom  and  a 
halfe  longe :  and  arme  grete,  of  hafyll : 
wylowe :  or  afhe.  And  bethe  hym  in  an 
hote  ouyn :  and  fette  him  euen.  Thenne 
lete  him  cole  and  drye  a  moneth.  Take 
thenne  and  frette  hym  fafte  wyth  a  cocke- 
fhotecorde  :  and  bynde  him  to  a  fourme 
or  an  even  fquare  grete  tree.  Take  thenne 
a  plumers  wire   that  is  euyn   and  ftreyte 


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and  fharpe  at  the  one  end.  And  hete  the 
fharpe  ende  in  a  charcole  fyre  tyll  it  be 
whyte :  and  brenne  the  ftaffe  therewith 
thorugh :  euer  ftreyte  in  the  pythe  at  both 
endes  tyll  they  mete.  And  after  that 
brenne  hym  in  the  nether  end  with  a 
byrde  broche,  and  wyth  other  broches 
eche  gretter  than  the  other,  and  euer  the 
gretter  the  lafte :  fo  that  ye  make  your 
hole  aye  tapre  wexe.  Thenne  lete  hym 
lye  ftyll  and  kele  two  d'ayes.  Unfrette 
hym  then  and  lete  hym  drye  in  an  hous 
roof  in  the  fmoke  tyll  he  be  thorugh  drye. 
^  In  the  fame  feafon  take  a  fayr  yerde 
of  grene  hafyll  and  beth  him  euyn  and 
ftreyghte,  and  lete  it  drye  with  the  ftaffe, 
and  whan  they  ben  drye,  make  the  yerde 
mete  vnto  the  hole  in  the  ftaffe :  vnto  halfe 
the  length  of  the  ftaffe.  And  to  perfourme 
that  other   halfe  of  the  croppe.     Take  a 


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fayr  fhote  of  black  thorn  crabbe  tree : 
medeler,  or  of  jenypre  kytte  in  the  fame 
feafon :  and  well  bethyd  and  ftreyghte. 
And  frette  them  togyder  fetely  :  foo  that 
the  croppe  may  iuftly  entre  all  in  to  the 
fayd  hole.  Thenne  fhaue  your  ftaffe  and 
make  hym  tapre  wexe.  Then  vyrell  the 
ftaffe  at  both  endes  wyth  longe  hopis  of 
yron  or  laton  in  the  clenneft  wife  with  a 
pyke  in  the  nether  ende  faftynd  with  a 
rennynge  vyfe :  to  take  in  and  out  your 
croppe. 

Thenne  fet  your  croppe  an  handfull 
withen  the  ouer  ende  of  your  ftaffe  in 
fuche  wife  that  it  be  as  bigge  there  as  in 
ony  other  place  aboue.  Thene  arme  your 
croppe  at  thouer  ende  doune  to  y^  frette 
wyth  a  lyne  of  vi  heeres.  And  dubbe  the 
lyne  and  frette  it  faft  in  y^  toppe  wyth  a 
bo  we  to   faften  o  your  lyne.      And    thus 


w 


y 


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fhall  ye  make  a  rodde  foo  preuy 

that  ye  may  walke  therwyth  ;  and 

there  fhall  noo  man  wyte  where 

aboute  ye  goo.     It  woll  be  lyghte 

and  full  nymble  to  fyffhe  wyth  at 

your   lufte.     And    for    the    more 

redyneffe    loo    here    is   a   fygure 

H    thereof  In  example. 

£        After  that  ye  haue  made  thus 

I.    your  rodde  :  ye  muft  lerne  to  col- 

!^    oure  your  lynes   of  here  in  this 

Pt^    wyfe.     Fyrfte,  ye  muft  take  of  a 

>^  whyte   horfe   taylle    the    lengefth 

heere,    and    fayreft   that   ye    can 

fynde.     And  euer  the  rounder  it 

be  the  better  it  is.     Departe  into 

vy   partes :    and   euery    parte  ye 

fhall  colour  by  hymfelfe  in  dyuers 

colours.       As    yelowe  :     grene  : 

browne:  tawney:  ruffetanddufke 


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colours.     And  for  to  make  a  good  grene 
colour  on  your  heere  ye  fhall  do  thus. 

^  Take  fmall  ale  a  quarte  and  put  it  in 
a  lyttyl  panne  and  put  thereto  halfe  a 
pounde  of  alym.  And  put  thereto  your 
heer :  and  lete  it  boyle  foftly  half  an  houre. 
Thenne  take  out  your  heer  and  let  it 
drye.  Then  take  a  potell  of  water  and 
putte  it  in  a  panne  and  put  therein  two 
handfull  of  oodlys  or  of  wyxen.  And 
preffe  it  with  a  tyle  ftone  :  and  lette  it 
boyle  foftly  half  an  houre.  And  whan  it 
is  yelow  on  the  fcume  put  therin  your  heer 
wyth  halfe  a  pound  of  coporofe  betyn  in 
poudre  and  let  it  boyle  halfe  a  mylde  waye: 
and  thenne  fette  it  doune  and  lete  it  kele 
fyve  or  fyxe  houres.  Then  take  out  the 
heer  and  drye  it.  And  it  is  thenne  the 
fyneft  grene  that  is  for  the  water.  And 
euer  the  more  ye  put  thereto  of  coporofe 


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the  better  It  Is,  or  elles  In  ftede  of  It  vert- 
grees. 

^  A  nother  wyfe  ye  maye  make  more 
bryghter  grene  as  thus.  Lete  woode  your 
heer  In  an  woodefatte  a  lyght  plunket  col- 
our. And  thenne  fethe  hym  In  olde  or 
wyxin  lyke  as  I  haue  fayde :  fauynge  ye 
fhall  not  put  thereto  neyther  coporofe  nor 
vertgrees. 

^  A  nother  yelow  ye  fhall  make  thus. 
Take  fmalle  ale  a  potell :  and  ftampe  thre 
handfull  of  walnot  leues  and  put  toglder : 
and  put  In  your  heer  tyll  that  It  be  as  depe 
as  ye  woll  haue  It. 

^  For  to  make  ruffet  heer.  Take  ftronge 
lye  a  pynt  and  halfe  a  pounde  of  fote  and 
a  lytell  luce  of  walnot  leuys  and  a  quarte 
of  alym :  and  put  theym  alle  togyder  In  a 
panne  and  boylle  theym  well.     And  whan 


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it  is  colde  put  in  your  heer  tyll  it  be  as 
derke  as  ye  woll  haue  it. 

^  For  to  make  a  broune  colour.  Take 
a  pound  of  fote  and  a  quarte  of  ale :  and 
fethe  it  wyth  as  many  walnot  leuys  as  ye 
maye.  And  whan  they  wexe  blacke  fette 
it  from  the  fire.  And  put  therein  your 
heer  and  lete  it  lye  ftill  tyll  it  be  as  broune 
as  ye  woll  haue  it. 

^  For  to  make  a  nother  broune.  Take 
ftrong  ale  and  fote  and  tempre  them  to- 
gyder:  and  put  therein  your  heer  two 
days  and  two  nyghtes  and  it  fhall  be  ryghte 
a  good  colour. 

^  For  to  make  a  tauney  colour.  Take 
lyme  and  water  and  put  theym  togyder : 
and  alfo  put  your  heer  therein  foure  or 
fyve  houres.  Thenne  take  it  out  and  put 
it  in  Tanners  ofe  a  day  and  it  fhall  be  alfo 
a  tauney  colour  as  nedyth  to  our  purpoos. 


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Tl  The  fyxte  parte  of  your  heer  ye  fhall 
kepe  ftyll  whyte  for  lynes  for  the  dubbyd 
hoke  to  fyffhe  for  the  trought  and  gray- 
lynge :  and  for  fmalle  lynes  for  to  rye  for 
the  roche  and  the  darse. 

Whan  your  heer  is  thus  colourid  ye  muft 
knoue  for  whiche  waters  and  for  whyche 
feafons  they  fhall  ferue. 

1[  The  grene  colour  in  all  clere  water 
from  Apryll  tyll  Septembre. 

^  The  yelowe  coloure  in  euery  water 
from  Septembre  tyll  Novembri.  F'or  it  is 
lyke  y*^  wedys  and  other  manere  graffe 
whiche  growyth  in  the  waters  and  ryuers, 
whan  they  ben  broken. 

If  The  ruffet  colour  feruyth  alle  the  wyn- 
ter  vnto  the  ende  of  Aprylle  as  well  in 
ryuers  as  in  poles  or  lakys. 

^  The   broune    colour   feruyth    for  tha,t 


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water  that  is  blacke  ded- 
iffhe  in  ryuers  or  in  other 
waters. 

^  The  tauney  colour  for 
thofe  waters  that  ben 
hethy    or   moryffhe. 

Nou  muft  ye  make  your 
lynes  in  this  wyfe. 

Fyrft  loke  that  ye  haue 
an  inftrument  lyke  onto 
this  fygure  portrayed  fol- 
owynge. 

Thenne  take  your  heer 
and  kytte  of  the  fmalle 
ende  a  honde  full  large  or 
more.  For  it  is  neyther 
ftronge  nor  yet  fure. 
Thenne  torne  the  toppe 
to  the  taylle  eueryche 
ylyke  moche,  and  departe 


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it  in  to  thre  partyes.  Thenne  knytte 
euery  parte  at  the  one  ende  by  hymfelf, 
and  at  the  other  ende  knytte  all  thre  to- 
gyder,  and  put  y^  fame  ende  in  that  other 
ende  of  your  Inftrument  that  hath  but  one 
clyft.  And  fett  that  other  ende  fafte  wyth 
the  wegge,  four  fyngers  in  all  fhorter  than 
your  heer.  Thenne  twyne  euery  warpe 
one  waye  and  ylyke  moche,  and  faften 
theym  in  thee  clyftes  ylyke  ftreyghte : 
take  theme  out  that  other  ende  and  twyne 
it  that  waye  that  it  woll  defyre  ynough : 
thenne  ftreyne  it  a  lytyll :  and  knytte  itt 
for  vndoynge  :  and  that  is  good.  And  for 
to  knoue  to  make  your  Inftrument :  loo 
here  it  is  in  fygure.  And  it  fhall  be  made 
of  tree  fauynge  the  bolte  underneth : 
which  fhall  be  of  yren. 

Whan  ye   haue  a   many   of  the    lynkys 
as  ye  fuppofe  wol  fu'ffyfe  for  the  length  of 


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a  lyne :  thenne  muft  ye  knytte  theym  to- 
gyder  wyth  a  water  knotte  or  elles  a 
duchys  knotte.  And  whan  your  knotte  is 
knytte  ;  kytte  of  y^  voyde  fhorte  endes  a 
ftraue  brede  for  the  knotte. 

Thus  fhal  ye  make  your  lynes  fayr  and 
fyne ;  and  alfo  ryghte  fure  for  ony  manere 
fylThe. 

^  And  by  caufe  that  ye  fholde  knoue 
bo  the  the  water  knotte  and  alfo  the  duchys 
knotte ;  loo  theym  here  in  fygure  cafte 
onto  the  lykneffe  of  the  draughte.* 

Ye  fhall  onderftonde  that  the  moft  fub- 
tyll  and  hardyfte  crafte  in  making  of  your 
harnays  is  for  to  make  your  hokis.     For 


*  Note  in  English  Edition  of  1827. — "  A  blank  space  is  here 
left  in  the  original  edition  for  the  insertion  of  drawings  of  the  water- 
knot  and  the  duchess'  knot.  The  former  is  described  in  Daniels' 
Rural  Sports,  Vol.  2,  p.  151 ;  and  Walton's  Angler,  by  Hawkins, 
part  I,  p.  255,  and  plate  10,  fig.  5  of  the  latter.  See  the  Ladies' 
Dictionary,  Art.  Appurtenances  to  Dressing." 


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whoos  making  ye  muft  haue  fete  fyles, 
thyn  and  fharpe  and  fmalle  beten  :  a  ferny 
clam  of  yren  :  a  bender :  a  payr  of  longe 
and  fmalle  tongys  :  an  harde  knyfe  fom- 
deale  thycke :  an  anuelde :  and  a  lytyll 
hamour. 

^  And  for  fmalle  fyffhe  ye  fhall  make 
your  hokes  of  the  fmaleft  quarell  nedlys 
that  ye  can  fynde  of  stele,  and  in  this 
wyfe. 

^  Ye  fhall  put  the  quarell  in  a  red 
charkeole  fyre  tyll  that  it  be  of  the  fame 
colour  that  the  fyre  is.  Thenne  take  hym 
out  and  lete  hym  kele,  and  ye  fhall  fynde 
hym  well  alayd  for  to  fyle.  Thenne  ryfe 
the  berde  wyth  your  knyfe  and  make  the 
poynt  fharpe.  Thenne  alaye  hym  agayn  : 
for  elles  he  wolle  breke  in  the  bendyng. 
Thenne  bende  hym  lyke  to  the  berde 
fygured  hereafter  in  example.    And  greet- 


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er  hoke  ye  fhall  make  in  the  fame  wyfe, 
of  gretter  nedles,  as  broderers  nedlis :  or 
taylers:  or  fhomakers  nedlis  fpere  poyntes 
and  of  fhomakers  nalles  in  efpecyall  the 
befte  for  grete  fyffhe :  and  that  they  bende 
alle  the  poynte  whan  they  be  affayed,  for 
elles  they  ben  not  good. 

^  Whan  the  hoke  is  bendyd  bete  the 
hynder  ende  abrode :  and  fyle  it  fmothe 
for  fretynge  of  the  lyne.  Thenne  put  it 
in  the  fyre  agyn,  and  yeve  it  an  eafy  redde 
hete.  Thenne  fodaynly  quenche  it  in  wa- 
ter :  and  it  woll  be  harde  and  ftronge. 
And  for  to  haue  knowlege  of  your  Inftru- 
ments :  loo  theym  here  in  fygure  por- 
trayd. 

Whan  ye  haue  thus  made  your  hokes : 
thenne  muft  ye  fet  them  on  your  lynes 
acordynge  in  gretneffe  and  ftrength  in  this 
wyfe. 


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][  Ye  fhall  take  fmall 
redde  filke,  and  yf  it  be 
for  a  grete  hoke,  thenne 
double  it :  not  twynyd. 
And  elles  for  fmall  hokys 
lete  it  be  fyngle :  and 
therwyth  frette  thycke  the 
lyne  there  as  the  one 
ende  of  your  hoke  fhall 
fytte  a  ftraw  brede.  Then 
fette  your  hoke:  and  frette 
hym  with  the  fame  threde 
yt  two  partes  of  the 
lengthe  that  fhall  be  frette 
in  all.  And  whan  ye  come 
to  the  thride  parte  thenne 
torne  the  ende  of  your 
lyne  agayn  vpon  the  frette 
dowble,  and  frette  it  fo 
dowble  that  other  thyrde 


PLATE  III. 


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parte.  Thenne  put  your  threde  In  at  the 
hole  tuys  or  thries  and  lete  it  goo  at  eche 
tyme  around  aboute  the  yerde  of  your 
hoke.  Thenne  wette  the  hole  and  drawe 
it  tyll  that  it  be  fafte.  And  loke  that  your 
lyne  euermore  uythin  your  hokys :  and 
not  without.  Thenne  kytte  of  the  lynys 
ende  and  the  threde  as  nyghe  as  ye  maye : 
fauynge  the  frette. 

Now  ye  knowe  wyth  hou  grete  hokys 
ye  fhall  angle  to  euery  fyffhe  :  nou  I  woll 
tell  you  wyth  hou  many  heeres  ye  fhall  to 
euery  manere  of  fyffhe. 

^  For  the  menow  wyth  a  lyne  of  one 
heere.  For  the  waxyng  roche  the  bleke 
and  the  gogyn  and  the  ruffe  wyth  a  lyne 
of  two  heerls.  For  the  darfe  and  the 
grete  roche  wyth  a  lyne  of  thre  heeres. 
For  the  perche :  the  flonder  and  bremet 
with     foure    heeres.       For    the     cheuen 


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chubbe  :  the  breme :  the  tenche  and  the 
ele  wyth  vj  heeres.  For  the  troughte : 
graylynge :  barbyll  and  grete  cheuyn  wyth 
ix  heeres.  For  the  grete  troughte  wyth 
xii  heeres.  For  the  samon  wyth  xv  heeres. 
And  for  the  pyke  wyth  a  chalke  lyne  made 
broune  with  your  browne  colour  aforfayd: 
armyd  with  a  wyre  as  ye  fhall  here  here- 
after whan  I  fpeke  of  the  pyke. 

Tf  Your  lynes  muft  be  plumbid  wyth 
lede :  and  ye  fhall  wyte  y^  the  nexte  plube 
vnto  the  hoke  fhall  be  therfro  a  large  fote 
and  more.  And  euery  plumbe  of  a  quan- 
tyte  to  the  gretnes  of  the  lyne.  There 
be  thre  manere  of  plubis  for  a  grounde 
lyne  rennynge.  And  for  the  flote  fet 
vpon  the  grounde  lyenge  x  plumbes  joyn- 
ynge  all  togider.  On  the  grounde  lyne 
rennynge  ix  or  x  fmalle.  The  flote  plube 
fhall  be  fo  heuey  y^  the  leeft  plucke  of  ony 


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fyffhe  maye  pull  it  doune  in  to  y^  water. 
And  make  your  plubis  rounde  and  fmoythe 
y*  they  stycke  not  on  ftonys  or  on  wedys. 
And  for  the  more  vnderftondynge  to 
theym,  here  in  fygure. 

Thenne  fhall  ye  make  your  flotys  in  this 
wyfe. 

Take  a  fayre  corke  that  is  clene  without 
many  holes,  and  bore  it  thrugh  wyth  a 
fmalle  hote  yreu  :  and  put  therin  a  penne 
iufte  and  ftreyghte.  Ever  the  more  flote 
the  gretter  the  penne  and  the  greter  hole. 

Thenne  fhape  it  grete  in  the  myddis 
and  fmall  at  bothe  endys,  and  fpecyally 
fharpe  in  the  nether  ende,  and  lyke  vnto 
the  fygures  folio wynge 


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and  make  theym  fmothe  on  a  gryndynge 
ftone  :  or  on  a  tyle  ftone. 

^  And  loke  that  the  flote  for  one  heer 
be  nomore  than  a  pefe.  For  two  heeres, 
as  a  bene :  for  twelve  heeres  as  a  walnot. 
And  fo  euery  lyne  after  the  proporcon. 

T[  All  manere  lynes  that  ben  not  for  the 
groude  muft  haue  flotes  ;  and  the  rennynge 
grounde  lyne  muft  haue  a  flote.  The 
lyenge  grounne  lyne  without  flote. 

Nou  I  haue  lernyd  you  to  make  all  your 
harnays.  Here  I  woll  tell  you  hou  ye 
fhall  angle. 


6i 

^  Ye  fhall  angle. 
Vnderftonde  that  there  is  vi  maners  of 
anglyng.  That  one  is  at  the  grounde  for 
the  troughte  and  other  fyffhe.  A  nother 
is  at  y""  grounde  at  an  arche,  or  at  a  ftange 
where  it  ebbyth  and  flowyth :  for  bleke : 
roche  and  darfe.  The  thyrde  is  wyth  a 
flote  for  all  manere  of  fyffhe.  The  fourthe 
wyth  a  menow  for  y^  troughte  without 
plumbe  or  flote.  The  fyfth  is  rennynge 
in  y^  fame  wyfe  for  roche  and  darfe  wyth 
one  or  two  heeres  and  a  flye.  The  fyxth 
is  wyth  a  dubbyd  hoke  for  the  troughte 
and  graylyng. 

^  And  for  the  fyrfte  and  pryncypall 
poynt  in  anglynge,  kepe  ye  euer  fro  the 
water  fro  the  fyghte  of  the  fyffhe  :  other 
-ferre  on  the  londe ;  or  ellys  behynde  a 
bufhe  that  the  fyffhe  fe  you  not.  For  yf 
they  doo,  they  woll  not  byte. 


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^  Alfo  loke  that  ye  fhadow  not  the  wa- 
ter, as  moche  as  ye  may.  For  it  is  that 
thynge  that  woll  foone  fraye  the  fyffhe, 
and  yf  a  fyffhe  be  afrayed  he  woll  not  bite 
longe  after.  For  alle  manere  fyffhe  that 
fede  by  the  grounde  ye  fhall  angle  for 
theym  to  the  bottome,  fo  that  your  hokys 
fhall  renne  or  lye  on  the  grounde.  And 
for  alle  other  fyffhe  that  fede  aboue,  ye 
fhall  angle  to  theym  in  the  myddis  of  the 
water  or  fomedeale  byneth  or  fomedeale 
aboue.  For  euer  the  gretter  fiffe  the 
nerer  he  lyeth  the  botom  of  the  water, 
and  euer  the  fmaller  y^  fyffhe,  the  more  he 
fuymmyth  aboue. 

ly  The  thyrde  good  poynte  is  whan  the 
fyffhe  bytyth  that  ye  be  not  to  hafty  to 
fmyte  nor  to  late.  For  ye  muft  abide  tyll 
ye  fuppofe  that  the  bayte  be  ferre  in  the 


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mouth  of  the  fyffhe,  and  thenne  abyde  no 
longer.     And  this  is  for  the  grounde. 

T[  And  for  the  flote,  whan  ye  fe  it  pullyd 
foftly  vnder  the  water  :  or  elles  caryd 
vpon  the  water  foftly :  thenne  fmyte.  And 
loke  that  ye  neuer  ouerfmyte  the  ftrengthe 
of  your  lyne  for  brekynge. 

^  And  yf  it  fortune  you  to  fmyt  a  gret 
fyfh  with  a  fmall  harnays  thenne  ye  muft 
lede  hym  in  the  water  and  labour  hym 
there  tyll  he  be  drounyd  and  overcome. 
Thenne  take  hym  as  well  as  ye  can  or 
maye,  and  euer  be  waar  that  ye  holde  not 
ouer  the  ftrengthe  of  your  lyne,  and  as 
moche  as  ye  may,  lete  hym  not  come 
out  of  your  lynes  ende  ftreyghte  from  you; 
but  kepe  hym  euer  vnder  the  rodde  and 
euermore  hold  hym  ftreyghte:  foo  that  your 
lyne  may  be  fufteyne,  and  beere  his  lepys 


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and  his  plungys  wyth  the  helpe  of  your 
cropp,  and  of  your  honde. 

Here  I.  woll  declare  vnto  you  in  what 
place  of  the  water  ye  fhall  angle.  Ye 
fhall  angle  in  a  pole,  or  in  a  ftandynge 
water,  in  euery  place  when  it  is  ony  thynge 
depe.  There  is  not  grete  choyfe  of  ony 
places  when  it  is  ony  thynge  depe  in  a 
pole.  For  it  is  but  a  prifon  to  fyffhe,  and 
they  lyve  for  y^  more  parte  in  hungre  lyke 
prifoners,  and  therefore  it  is  the  leffe  mayf- 
try'to  take  theym.  But  in  a  ryuer  ye  fhall 
angle  in  euery  place  where  it  is  depe  and 
clere  by  the  grounde  :  as  grauell  or  claye 
wythout  mudde,  or  wedys ;  and  in  ef- 
pecyall  yf  that  there  be  a  manere  whyr- 
lynge  of  water  or  a  couert,  as  a  holow 
banke  :  or  grete  rotys  of  trees :  or  longe 
wedys  fletynge  aboue  in  the  water  where 
the  fyffhe  maye  couer  and  heyde  theym- 


felf  at  certayn  tymes  whan  they  lyfte.  Al- 
fo  it  is  good  to  angle  in  depe  ftyffe  ftremys, 
and  alfo  in  fallys  of  water  and  weares,  and 
in  flood  gatys  and  mylle  pyttes.  And  it  is 
good  for  to  angle  where  as  the  water  reft- 
yth  by  the  banke :  and  where  the  ftreym 
rennyth  nyghe  there  by :  and  is  depe  and 
clere  by  the  gronde  and  in  ony  other  pla- 
cys  where  ye  may  fe  ony  fyffhe  houe  or 
haue  ony  fedynge. 

Now  ye  fhall  wyte  what  tyme  of  the 
daye  ye  fhall  angle. 

^  From  the  begynnynge  of  May  untyl 
it  be  Septembre  the  bytynge  tyme  is  erly 
by  the  morrowe  from  foure  of  y'' clocke : 
foo  vnto  eighte  of  the  clocke.  And  at  af- 
ter noon  from  foure  of  the  clocke  unto 
eighte  of  the  clocke,  but  not  foo  good  as 
in  the  mornynge.  And  yf  it  be  a  colde 
whyftelynge  wynde  and  a  derke  Iqwringe 


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day :  for  a  derke  daye  is  moche  better  to 
angle  in  than  a  clere  daye. 

^  From  the  begynnyng  of  Septembre 
vnto  the  ende  of  Apryll  fpare  noo  tyme  of 
the  daye. 

^  Alfo  many  pole  fyffhes  woll  byte  befte 
in  the  noon  tyde. 

^  And  yf  ye  fe  ony  tyme  of  the  daye 
the  troughte  or  graylynge  lepe,  angle  to 
hym  wyth  a  dubbe  acordynge  to  the  fame 
moneth.  And  where  the  water  ebbyth 
and  flowyth  the  fyffhe  woll  byte  in  fome 
place  at  the  ebbe,  and  in  fome  place  at  the 
flood  :  after  y*  they  haue  reftynge  behynde 
ftangyns  and  archys  of  brydgys  and  other 
fuche  manere  places. 

Here  ye  fhall  wyte  in  what  weder  ye 
fhall  angle :  as  I  fayd  befoure,  in  a  derke 
lourynge  daye  whanne  the  wynde  blowyth 


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foftly:  and  in  fomer  feafon  when  it  is 
brennynge  bote,  thenne  it  is  nought. 

^  From  Septembre  vnto  Apryll  in  a 
fayre  fonny  daye  is  ryght  good  to  angle. 
And  yf  the  wynde  in  that  feafon  haue  ony 
parte  of  the  oryent,  the  wedder  thenne  is 
nought :  and  whan  it  fnowyth,  rennyth  or 
hallyth,  or  is  a  grete  tempefte,  as  thondyr 
or  Hghtenynge :  or  a  furly  hote  weder  : 
thenne  it  is  nought  for  to  angle. 

Now  fhall  ye  wyte  that  there  ben  twelue 
manere  ympedymentes  whyche  caufe  a 
man  to  take  noo  fyffhe,  w*  out  other 
comyn  that  maye  cafuelly  happe.  The 
fyrft  is  yf  your  harnays  be  not  mete,  nor 
fetly  made.  The  feconde  is  yf  your  baytes 
be  not  good  nor  fyne.  The  thyrde  is  yf 
that  ye  angle  not  in  bytynge  tyme.  The 
fourthe  is  yf  that  the  fyffhe  be  frayed  w^ 
the  fyghte  of  a  man.     The  fyfth,  if  the  wa- 


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ter  be  very  thycke :  whyte  or  redde  of 
ony  floode  late  fallen.  The  fyxthe,  yf  the 
fyffhe  ftyre  not  for  colde.  The  feuenth,  yf 
that  the  wedder  be  hote.  The  eight,  yf  it 
rayne.  The  nynth,  yf  it  hayll,  or  fnowe 
falle.  The  tenth  is,  yf  it  be  a  tempefte. 
The  eleuenth  is  yf  if  it  be  a  grete  wynde. 
The  twelfyfth  yf  the  wynde  lye  in  the  Eeft, 
and  that  is  worfte,  for  comynly  neyther 
wynter  nor  fomer  y^  fyffhe  woll  not  byte 
thenne.  The  wefte  and  northe  wyndes 
ben  good,  but  the  South  is  befte. 

And  nou  I  haue  tolde  you  hou  to  make 
your  harnays :  and  hou  ye  fhall  fyffhe 
therwyth  in  al  pointes.  Reafon  woll  that 
ye  knowe  wyth  what  baytes  ye  fhall  angle 
to  euery  manere  of  fyffhe  in  euery  month 
of  the  yere,  whyche  is  alle  the  effecte  of 
the  crafte,  and  wythout  whyche  baytes 
knowen    well    by    you    alle    your    other 


6g 

crafte  here  to  fore  auayllyth  you  not  to 
purpofe.  For  ye  can  not  brynge  a  hoke 
in  to  a  fyffhe  mouth  wythout  a  bayte, 
whyche  baytes  for  euery  manere  of  fyffhe 
as  for  eucry  moneth  here  followyth  in  this 
wyfe. 

For  by  caufe  that  the  famon  is  the  mooft 
ftately  fyffhe  that  ony  man  maye  angle  to 
in  frefh  water,  there  fore  I  purpofe  to 
begyn  at  hym. 

The  famon  is  a  gentyll  fyffhe :  but  he  is 
comborous  for  to  take.  For  comynly  he 
is  but  in  depe  places  in  grete  ryuers :  and 
for  the  more  parte  he  holdyth  the  myddys 
of  it :  that  a  man  maye  not  come  at  hym. 
And  he  is  in  feafon  from  Marche  vnto  My- 
ghelmas.  In  whyche  feafon  ye  fhall  angle 
to  hym  wyth  thefe  baytes  whan  ye  fhall 
gete  theym.  Fyrfte  wyth  a  redde  worme 
in  the  begynynge  and  endynge  of  the  fea- 


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fon.  And  alfo  wyth  a  bobbe  that  bredyth 
in  a  dunghyll,  and  fpecyally  with  a  fouer- 
ayn  bayte  that  bredyth  on  a  water  docke. 
And  he  byteth  not  at  the  grounde  :  but  at 
the  y^  flote.  Alfo  ye  may  take  hym,  but 
it  is  feldom  feen,  with  a  dubbe  at  fuche 
tyme  as  whan  he  lepith,  in  hke  fourme  and 
manere  as  ye  doo  take  a  troughte  or  a 
graylynge.  And  thyfe  baytes  ben  well 
prouyd  baytes  for  the  famon. 

The  troughte,  for  by  caufe  he  is  a  right 
deyntous  fyffhe  and  alfo  a  right  feruente 
byter,  we  fhall  fpeke  next  of  hym.  He  is 
in  feafon  from  Marche  vnto  Myghelmas. 
He  is  on  clere  grauely  gronde,  and  in  a 
ftreme  ye  maye  angle  to  hym  all  tymes 
wyth  a  grounde  lyne  lyeinge  or  rennynge  : 
fauyng  in  lepynge  tyme,  and  thenne  wyth 
a  dubbe.  And  erly  wyth  a  rennynge 
grounde  lyne,  and  forth  in  the  daye  wyth 


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a  flote  lyne.  Ye  fhall  angle  to  hym  in 
Marche  wyth  a  menew  hangyd  on  your 
hoke  by  the  netherneffe,  wythout  flote  or 
plumbe :  drawynge  vp  and  doune  in  the 
ftreme  tyll  ye  fele  hym  fafte. 

In  the  fame  tyme  angle  to  hym  with  a 
gronde  lyne  with  a  redde  worme  for  the 
mooft  fure. 

In  Aprill  take  the  fame  baytes :  and  alfo 
Inneba  other  wyfed  named  vii  eyes.  Alfo 
the  canker  that  bredyth  in  a  grete  tree, 
and  the  redde  fnayll. 

In  Maye  take  y^  ftone  flye  and  the 
bobbe  vnder  the  cowe  torde,  and  the  fylk 
worme ;  and  the  bayte  that  bredyth  on  a 
fern  leyf. 

In  Juyn  take  a  redde  worme  &  nyppe 
of  the  heed :  and  on  thym  hoke  a  cod- 
worm  e  byforn. 

In  Juyle  take  the  grete  redde  worme, 


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and  y^  fatte  of  y''  bakon,  and  bynde  abowt 
thy  hoke. 

In  Sept.  take  the  redde  worme,  and  the 
menew. 

In  Oct.  take  the  fame :  for  they  ben 
fpecyall  for  the  troughte  all  tymes  of  the 
yere. 

From  Apryll  till  Septembre  y^  troughte 
lepyth ;  thenne  angle  to  hym  wyth  a 
dubbe  hoke  accordynge  to  the  moneth, 
whyche  dubbyd  hokys  ye  fhall  fynde  in 
thende  of  this  treatyfe  :  and  the  moneyths 
wyth  theym. 

The  grayllynge,  by  a  nother  name  call- 
yd  ombre,  is  a  delycyous  fyffhe  to  mannys 
mouthe.  And  ye  maye  take  hym  lyke  as 
ye  doo  the  troughte.  And  thyfe  ben  his 
baytes. 

In  Marche  &  in  Apryll,  the  redde 
worme. 


7Z 

In  Maye,  the  grene  worme :  a  lytyll 
breyled  worme;  the  docke-canker  :  and  the 
hawthorne  worme. 

In  June,  the  batye  that  bredyth  betwene 
the  tree  &  the  barke  of  an  oke. 

In  Juyll,  a  bayte  that  bredyth  on  a  fern 
leyf,  &  the  grete  redde  worme,  and  nyppe 
of  the  hede  and  put  on  your  hoke  a  cod- 
worme  before. 

In  Auguft,  the  reddeworme :  &  a  docke 
worme.  And  al  the  yere  after,  a  redde 
worme. 

The  barbyll  is  a  fwete  fyffh,  but  it  is  a 
quafy  meete  &  a  peryllous  for  mannys 
body.  For  comynly  he  yeuyth  an  intro- 
duxion  to  y'^  Febres.  And  yf  he  be  eten 
rawe,  he  maye  be  caufe  of  mannys  dethe  : 
whyche  hath  oft  be  feen.  Thyfe  be  his 
baytes. 

In  Marche  &  in  Apryll,  take  fayr  freffhe 


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chefe;  and  lay  It  on  a  borde  &  kytte  it  in 
fmall  fquare  pecys  of  the  lengthe  of  your 
hoke.  Take  thenne  a  candyl  &  brenne  it 
on  the  ende  at  the  poynt  of  your  hoke  tyll 
it  be  yelow,  and  thenne  bynde  it  on  your 
hoke  with  fietchers  filke :  and  make  it 
rough :  al  the  former  feafon. 

In  Maye  &  June  take  y^  hawthorn 
worme  &  the  grete  redde  worme  and 
nyppe  of  the  heed,  and  put  on  your  hoke 
a  cod  worme  before  :  that  is  a  good  bayte. 

In  Juyll  take  the  redde  worme  for  cheyf 
&  the  hawthorn  worme  togyd.  Alfo  the 
water  docke  leyf  worme  &  the  hornet 
worme  togyder. 

In  Auguft  &  for  all  the  yere  take  the 
talowe  of  a  fhepe  &  fofte  chefe,  of  eche 
ylyke  moche :  and  a  lytyll  hony  &  grynde 
or  ftampe  theym  togyd  longe  ;  and  tempre 
it  tyll  it  be  tough :  and  put  therto  floure  a 


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lytyll  &  make  it  on  fmalle  pellettys.  And 
y*  is  a  good  bayte  to  angle  wyth  at  the 
grounde.  And  loke  that  it  fynke  in  the 
water,  or  ellys  it  is  not  good  to  this  pur- 
poos. 

The  carpe  is   a  deyntous    fyffhe :    but 
there  ben  but  fewe  in  Englonde. 

And  therefore  I  wryte  the  laffe  of  hym. 

He  is  an  euyll  fyffhe  to  take.  For  he 
is  fo  ftronge  enarmyd  in  the  mouthe  that 
there  maye  noo  weke  harnays  holde  hym. 
And  as  touchynge  his  baytes  I  have  but 
lytyll  knowlege  of  it.  And  me  were  loth 
to  wryte  more  than  I  knowe  &  haue  prov- , 
yd.  But  well  I  wote  that  y^  redde  worme 
&  y^  menow  ben  good  batys  for  hym  at  al 
tymes,  as  I  haue  herde  faye  of  perfones 
credyble  &  alfo  founde  wryten  in  bokes  of 
credence. 

The  chevyn  is  a  ftately  fyffhe :    &  his 


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heed  is  a  deynty  morfell.  There  is  noo 
fyffhe  fo  ftrongly  enarmyd  wydi  fcalys  on 
the  body.  And  bi  caufe  he  is  a  ftronge 
byter,  he  hathe  the  more  baytes,  which  ben 
thyfe. 

In  Marche  the  redde  worme,  at  the 
grounde.  For  comynly  thenne  he  woll 
byte  there  at  all  tymes  of  y^  yere  yf  he  be 
ony  thinge  hungry. 

In  Apryll  the  dyche  canker  that  bredith 
in  the  tree.  A  worme  that  bredith  be- 
twene  the  rynde  &  the  tree  of  an  oke.  The 
redde  worme:  and  the  yonge  froffyhs  whan 
.the  fete  ben  kyt  of.  Alfo  the  ftone  flye, 
the  bobbe  vnder  the  cowetorde  :  the  redde 
fnaylle. 

In  May  y^  bayte  that  bredyth  on  the 
ofyer  leyf  &  the  docke  canker  togyd  vpon 
your  hoke.  Alfo  a  bayte  that  bredyth  on 
a  fern  leyf:  y^  codworme  and  a  bayte  that 


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bredyth  on  an  hawthorn.  And  a  bayte 
that  bredyth  on  an  oke  leyf  &  a  fylke 
worme  and  a  codworme  togyder. 

In  June  taket  the  creket  &  the  dome  & 
alfo  a  redde  worme:  the  heed  kytte  of:  & 
a  codworme  before :  and  put  theym  on  y^ 
hoke.  Alfo  a  bayte  in  the  ofyer  leyf: 
yonge  froffhys  the  three  fete  kitte  of  by 
the  body,  and  the  fourth  by  the  knee. 
The  bayte  on  the  hawthorne  and  the  cod- 
worme togyder  &  a  grubbe  that  .bredyth 
in  a  dunghyll :  and  a  grete  grefhop. 

In  Juyll  the  grefhop  and  the  humbylbee 
in  the  medow.  Alfo  yonge  bees  and 
yonge  hornettes.  Alfo  a  grete  brended 
flye  that  bredyth  in  pathes  of  medowes  & 
the  flye  that  is  amonge  pyfmeers  hyllys. 

In  Auguft  take  wortwormes  &  magotes 
vnto  Myghelmas. 

In  Sept.  the   redde  worme :  &  alfo  take 


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the  baytes  whan  ye  maye  get  theym  :  that 
is  to  wyte,  cheryes :  yonge  myce  not 
heryd :  &  the  houfe  combe. 

The  breeme  is  a  noble  fyffhe  &  a  deyn- 
tous.  And  ye  fhall  angle  for  hym  from 
Marche  vnto  Auguft  wyth  a  redde  worme: 
&  thene  wyth  a  butter  flye  &  a  grene  flye: 
&  with  a  bayte  that  bredyth  amonge  grene 
redes  :  and  a  bayte  that  bredyth  in  the 
barke  of  a  deed  tree. 

And  for  bremettis,  take  maggotes.  And 
fro  that  tyme  forth  all  the  yere  after  take 
the  red  worme :  and  in  the  ryuer  broune 
breede. 

Moo  baytes  there  ben  but  they  ben  not 
eafy  &  therefore  I  lete  hym  paffe  over. 

A  Tenche  is  a  good  fyffhe,  and  heelith 
all  manere  of  other  fyffhe  that  ben  hurte 
yf  they  maye  come  to  hym.  He  is  the 
moste    parte    of  the   yere  in   the  mudde. 


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And  he  ftyryth  mooft  in  June  &  Juyll : 
and  in  other  feafons  but  lytyll.  He  is  an 
euyll  byter.     His  baytes  ben  thyfe. 

For  al  the  yere  broune  bredee  toftyd 
wyth  hony  in  lykness  of  a  butteryd  loof : 
and  the  orrete   redde  worme.     And  as  for 

o 

cheyf  take  the  blacke  blood  in  y^  herte  of 
a  fhepe  and  floure  and  hony,  and  tempre 
theym  all  togyder  fomdeall  fofter  than 
paaft :  and  anoynt  therwyth  the  redde 
worme :  both  for  this  fyffhe,  and  for  the 
other :  and  they  woll  byte  moche  the  bet- 
ter thereat  at  all  tymes. 

The  perche  is  a  dayntous  fyffhe  and 
paffynge  holfom  and  a  freebytynge.  Thife 
ben  his  baytes. 

In  Marche  the  redde  worme. 

In  Aprill,  the  bobbe  vnder  the  cowe 
torde.  In  Maye,  the  flothorn  worme  and 
the   codworme.     In  June,   the   bayte  that 


8o 

bredyth  in  an  olde  fallen  oke  &  the  grete 
canker.  In  Juyll,  the  bayte  that  bredeth 
on  the  ofyer  lefe  and  the  bobbe  that  bred- 
eth on  the  dung  hyll :  and  the  hawthorne 
worme  &  the  codworme.  In  Auguft,  the 
redde  worme  &  maggote.  All  the  yere 
after,  the  red  worme  as  for  the  befte. 

The  roche  is  an  eafy  fyffhe  to  take:  and 
yf  he  be  fatte  &  pennyd  thenne  is  he  goode 
meete  &  thyfe  ben  his  baytes.  In  March 
the  mooft  redy  bayte  is  the  red  worme. 
In  Apryll  the  bobbe  vnder  the  cowe  torde. 
In  Maye  the  bayte  y*  bredyth  on  the  oke 
leyf  &  the  bobbe  in  the  dung  hyll.  In 
June  the  bayte  that  bredith  on  the  ofyer 
&  the  codworme.  In  Juyll  hous  flyes,  and 
the  bayte  that  bredith  on  an  oke,  and  the 
motworme  &  mathewes  &  maggotes  tyll 
Myghelmas.  And  after  y^  the  fatte  of 
bakon. 


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The  daee  Is  a  gentyll  fyffhe  to  take,  Sc 
yf  it  be  well  drefet  thenne  is  it  good  mete. 
In  Marche  his  bayte  is  a  redde  worme.  In 
Apryll  the  bobbe  vnder  y^  cowe  torde. 
In  Maye  the  docke  canker  and  the  bayte 
on  y^  flothorn  and  on  the  oken  leyf.  In 
June  the  codworme  &  the  bayte  on  the 
ofyer  and  the  whyte  grubbe  in  y*^  dung 
hyll.  In  Juyll  take  hous  flyes  &  flyes  that 
brede  in  pyfmer  hylles :  the  codworme  & 
maggotes  vnto  Mighelmas.  And  yf  the 
water  be  clere  ye  fhall  take  fyffhe  whan 
other  take  none.  And  fro  that  tyme  forth 
doo  as  ye  do  for  the  roche.  For  comyngly 
theyr  bytynge  &  theyr  baytes  ben  lyke. 

The  bleke  is  but  a  feble  fyffhe,  yet  he  is 
holfom.  His  baytes  from  Marche  to  My- 
ghelmas  be  the  fame  that  I  haue  wryten 
before  for  the  roche  and  darfe  fauynge  all 
the  fomer  feafon,  as  moche  as  ye  maye, 


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angle  for  hym  with  a  hous  flye :  and  in 
wynter  feafon  w*  bakon  &  other  bayte 
made  ye  hereafter  maye  know. 

The  ruf  is  ryght  an  holfom  fyffhe:  and  ye 
fhall  angle  to  hym  wyth  the  fame  baytes  in 
all  feafons  of  the  yere,  &  in  the  fame  wife 
as  I  haue  tolde  you  of  the  perche :  for 
they  ben  lyke  in  fyffhe  &  fedinge,  fauynge 
the  ruf  is  leffe,  and  therfore  he  muft  haue 
y^  fmaller  bayte. 

The  flounder  is  an  holfom  fyffhe  &  a 
free  and  a  fubtyll  byter  in  his  manere ;  for 
comynly  whan  he  foukyeth  his  meete  he 
fedyth  at  grounde :  and  therefore  ye  muft 
angle  to  hym  wyth  a  grounde  lyne  lyenge. 
And  he  hath  but  one  manere  of  bayte  & 
that  is  a  red  worme  :  which  is  mooft  cheyf 
for  al  manere  of  fyffhe. 

The  gogen  is  a  good  fyffhe,  of  the 
mochenes:  &  he  byteth  wel  at  the  grounde. 


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And  his  baytes  for  .all  the  yere  ben  thyfe: 
y^  red  worme :  codworme :  &  maggdes. 
And  ye  muft  angle  to  hym  w*  a  flote  & 
lette  your  bate  be  nere  y^  bottom  or  elles 
on  y^  gronde. 

The  menow  whan  he  fhynith  In  the  wa- 
ter, then  is  he  bettyr,  And  though  his 
body  be  lytyll  yet  he  is  a  rauenous  biter  & 
an  egre.  And  ye  fhall  angle  to  hym  with 
the  fame  baytes  that  ye  doo  for  the  gogyn  : 
fauynge  they  muft  be  fmalle. 

The  ele  Is  a  quafy  fyffhe,  a  rauenour 
&  a  devourer  of  the  brode  of  fyffhe:  and 
for  the  pyke  alfo  is  a  devourer  of  fyffhe: 
I  put  theym  bothe  behynde  al  other  to 
angle.  For  the  ele  ye  fhall  fynde  an  hole 
In  the  gronde  of  the  water,  &  it  is  blewe 
blackyffhe,  thenne  put  in  your  hoke  tyll 
that  it  be  a  fote  wythin  y''  holi  :  and  your 


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bate  fhall  be  a  grete  angyll  tuytch  or  a 
menow. 

The  pyke  is  a  gret  fyffhe :  but  for  he 
deuouryth  fo  many  as  well  of  his  own 
kynde  as  of  other,  I  loue  hym  the  leffe : 
and  for  to  take  hym  ye  fhall  doo  thus. 
Take  a  codlynge  hoke :  and  take  a  roche 
or  a  frefhe  heering  &  a  wyre  wyth  a  hole 
in  the  ende  :  and  put  it  in  at  the  mouthe 
&  out  at  the  tayle  downe  by  the  ridge  of 
the  frefhe  heeryng  ;  and  thenne  put  the 
lyne  of  your  hoke  in  after  &  drawe  the 
hoke  in  to  the  cheke  of  y^  frefhe  heeryng. 
Then  put  a  plumbe  of  lede  upon  your 
lyne  a  yerde  longe  from  youre  hoke  &  a 
fiote  in  mydwaye  betwene :  &  cafte  it  in  a 
pytte  where  the  pyke  vfyth.  And  this  is 
the  befte  &  moft  fureft  crafte  of  takynge 
the  pyke. 

Another   manere    takynge    of  hym    is. 


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Take  a  froffhe  &  put  &  put  it  on  your 
hoke  at  the  necke  betwene  the  fkynne  & 
the  body  on  y^  backe  half  &  put  on  a  flote 
a  yerde  therfro  :  &  cafte  it  where  the  pyke 
hauntyth  &  ye  fhall  haue  hym.  Another 
manere.  Take  the  fame  bayte  &  put  it  in 
afa  fetida  &  caft  it  in  the  water  wyth  a 
corde  &  a  corke :  &  ye  fhall  not  fayll  of 
hym.  And  yf  ye  lyft  to  haue  a  good 
fporte  ;  thenne  tye  the  corde  to  a  gofe 
fote :  &  ye  fhall  fe  god  halynge  whether 
the  gofe  or  the  pyke  fhall  haue  the  better. 
Now  ye  wote  well  with  what  baytes  & 
how  ye  fhall  angle  to  euery  manere  fyffhe. 
Now  I  wol  tell  you  ye  fhall  kepe  &  fede 
your  quycke  baytes.  Ye  fhall  kepe  & 
fede  them  all  in  general  :  but  euery  man- 
ere by  hymfelf  with  fuche  thyng  in  and  on 
whiche  they  brede.  And  as  longe  as  they 
ben  quycke  &  newe  they  ben  fyne.     But 


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when  they  ben  in  a  flough  or  elles  deed 
thenne  ben  they  nought.  Oute  of  thyfe 
ben  excepted  thre  brodes  :  that  is  to  wyte 
of  hornettys  :  humblybees  &  wafpys,  whom 
ye  fhall  take  in  brede  &  after  dyppe  theyr 
heedes  in  blode  &  lete  theym  drye.  Alfo 
except  maggotes  :  whyche  whan  thei  ben 
bredde  grete  wyth  theyr  naturell  fedynge, 
ye  fhall  fede  theym  ferthermore  wyth 
fhepes  talow  &  wyth  a  cake  made  of  floure 
&  hony :  thenne  woll  they  be  more  grete. 
And  whan  ye  haue  clenfyd  theym  wyth 
forde  in  a  bagge  of  blanket,  kepte  hote 
vnder  your  gowne  or  other  warm  thyng 
two  howres  or  thre,  then  ben  they  beft  & 
redy  to  angyl  wyth.  And  of  the  froffhe 
kytte  y^  l^gge  by  the  knee  :  of  the  gref- 
hop,  the  legges  and  wynges  by  the  body. 

Thyfe    ben   baytes   made   to  laft  all  the 
yere. 


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Fyrfte  been  floure  &  lene  fleffhe  of  the 
hepis  of  a  cony  or  of  a  catte :  virgyn 
wexe  &  fheppys  talowe  :  &  braye  theym 
in  a  morter :  and  thenne  tempre  it  at  the 
fyre  wyth  a  lytyll  puryfyed  hony  :  and  fo 
make  it  vp  in  lyttyll  ballys,  &  bayte  ther- 
wyth  your  hokys  after  theyr  quantyte:  & 
this  a  good  bayte  for  al  manere  freffhe 
fyffhe. 

Another.  Take  the  feuet  of  a  fhepe  & 
chefe  in  lyke  quantyte  :  &  braye  theim  to- 
gider  longe  in  a  mortere :  and  take  thenne 
floure  &  tempre  it  therwyth :  and  after 
that  alaye  it  wyth  hony  &  make  ballys 
thereof:  and  that  is  for  the  barbyll  in  ef- 
pecyall. 

Another  for  darfe  &  roche  &  bleke : 
take  whete  &  fethe  it  well  &  thenne  put 
it  in  blood  all  a  day  :  and  a  nyghte  ;  &  it 
is  a  good  bayte. 


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For  baytes  for  grete  fyff  he,  kepe  efpecy- 
ally  this  rule :  whan  ye  haue  take  a  grete 
fyff  he :  yndo  the  mawe  :  &  what  ye  fynde 
therein,  make  that  your  bayte  :  for  it  is 
befte. 

Thyfe  ben  the  xij  flyes  wyth  whyche  ye 
fhall  angle  to  y^  trought  &  grayllyng : 
and  dubbe  lyke  as  ye  fhall  now  here  me 
tell. 

][  Marche. 

The  donne  flye.  The  body  of  the  donne 
woll  &  the  wyngis  of  the  pertyche.  A 
nother  doone  flye :  the  body  of  blacke 
woll-:  the  wynges  of  the  blackyft  drake : 
and  the  jay  vnder  the  wynge  &  vnder  the 
tayll. 

H  Apryll. 

^  The  ftone  flye  :  the  body  of  blacke 
wull :  &  yelowe  vnder  the  wynge  &  vnder 
the  tayle  &  the  wynges  of  the  drake.     In 


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the  begynnynge  of  Maye,  a  good  flye,  the 
body  of   roddyd   wull    &    lappid    abowte 
wyth   blacke    fylke :    the    wynges    of    the 
drake  &  of  the  redde  capons  hakyll. 
If  May. 

^  The  yelowe  flye ;  the  body  of  yelow 
wull :  the  wynges  of  the  redde  cocke 
hakyll  &  of  the  drake  lyttyl  yelowe.  The 
blacke  louper :  the  body  of  blacke  wull  & 
lappyd  abowte  wyth  the  herte  of  y^  pecock 
tayll,  &  the  wynges  of  y^  red  capon,  w*  a 
blewe  heed. 

T[  June. 

Tf  The  donne  cutte  :  the  body  of  black 
wull  &  a  yelow  lyfte  after  eyther  fyde:  the 
wynges  of  the  bofarde  bounde  on  with 
barkyd  hempe.  The  maure  flye :  the 
body  of  dofke  wull,  the  wynges  of  the 
blackeft  mayle  of  the  wylde  drake. 

The  taudy  flye  at  Saynt  Wyllyams  daye: 


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the  body  of  taudy  wull  &  the  wynges 
contrary  eyther  ayenft  other  of  the  whiteft 
mayle  of  y^  wylde  drake. 

H  Juyll. 

^  The  wafpe  flye :  the  body  of  blacke 
wull  &  lappid  abowte  w*  yelow  threde: 
the  wynges  of  the  bofarde.  The  fhell  flye 
at  faynt  Thomas  daye :  the  body  of  grene 
wull  &  lappyd  abowte  wyth  the  herle  of 
the  pecoks  tayll :  wynges  of  the  bofarde. 
^  Auguft. 

T[  The  drake  flye ;  the  body  of  blacke 
wull :  &  lappyd  abowte  wyth  blacke  fylke : 
wynges  of  the  mayll  of  the  blacke  drake, 
wyth  a  blacke  heed. 

^  Thyfe  figures  are  put  here  in  enfample 
of  your  hoke.* 

][  Here  followyth  the  order  made  to  all 

*  [Note.— This  plate  I  could  not  find.— Am.  Editor.] 


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thofe  whiche  fhall  haue  the  vnderftondynge 
of  the  forfayd  treatyfe  &  vfe  it  for  theyr 
pleafures. 

Ye  that  can  angle  &  take  fyffhe  to  your 
pleafures  as  this  forfayd  treatyfe  techy th 
&  fhewyth  you  :  I  charge  &  requyre  you 
in  the  name-  of  alle  noble  men  that  ye 
fyffhe  not  in  noo  poore  mannes  feuerall 
water :  as  his  ponde  :  ftewe  :  or  other 
neceffary  thynges  to  kepe  fyffhe  in,  wyth-. 
out  his  lycence  &  good  wyll.  T[  Nor  that 
ye  vfe  not  to  breke  noo  mannys  gynnys 
lyenge  in  theyr  weares  &  in  other  places 
due  vnto  theym.  Ne  to  take  the  fyffhe 
awaye  that  is  taken  in  theym.  For  after 
a  fyffhe  is  taken  in  a  mannys  gynne  yf  the 
gynne  be  layed  in  the  comyn  waters :  or 
elfe  in  fuche  waters  as  he  herith,  it  is  his 
owne  proper  goodes :  and  yf  ye  take  it 
awaye,  ye  robbe  hym  :  whyche  is  a   ryght 


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fhamefuU  dede  to  ony  noble  man  to  do  y^ 
that  thevys  &  brybours  done  :  whyche  are 
punyffhed  for  theyr  evyll  dedes  by  the 
necke  &  otherwyfe  whan  they  maye  be 
afpyed  &  taken.  And  alfo  yf  ye  doo  in 
lyke  manere  as  this  treatyfe  fhewyth  you  : 
ye  fhall  haue  no  nede  to  take  of  other 
menys :  whiles  ye  fhal  haue  ynough  of 
your  owne  takynge  yf  ye  lyfte  to  labour 
,therfore :  whyche  fhall  be  to  you  a  very 
pleafure  to  fe  the  fayr  bryght  fhynynge 
fcalyd  fyffhes  dyfeeyved  by  your  crafty 
meanes  &  drawn  vpon  londe.  ^  Alfo  that 
ye  breke  noo  mannys  heggys  in  goynge 
abowte  your  dyfportes :  ne  opyn  noo 
mannes  gates  but  that  ye  fhytte  theym 
agayn.  1[  Alfo  ye  fhall  not  vfe  this  for- 
fayd  crafty  dyfporte  for  no  covetyfenes  to 
thencreafynge  &  fparynge  of  your  money 
oonly :  but  pryncypally  for  your  folace,  & 


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to  caufe  the  helthe  of  your  body,  and 
fpecyally  of  youre  foule.  For  whan  ye 
purpoos  to  goo  on  your  dyfportes  in  fyffh- 
ynge,  ye  woll  not  defyre  gretly  many  per- 
fones  wyth  you,  whyche  myghte  lette  you 
of  your  game.  And  thenne  ye  maye  ferue 
God  devowtly  in  fayenge  affectuoufly  your 
cuftumable  prayer.  And  thus  doynge  ye 
fhall  efchewe  &  voyde  many  vices,  as 
idylnefs,  whyche  is  pryncypall  caufe  to  en-, 
duce  man  to  many  other  vyces,  as  it  is 
ryght  well  knowen. 

^  Alfo  ye  fhall  not  be  rauenous  in 
takyng  of  your  fayd  game  as  to  moche 
at  one  tyme  ;  whiche  ye  maye  lyghtly  doo 
yf  ye  doo  in  euery  poynt  as  this  prefent 
treatyfe  fhewyth  you  in  euery  poynt : 
whyche  lyghtly  be  occafyon  to  dyftroye 
your  owne  dyfporte  &  other  mennys  alfo. 
As    whan   ye    haue    fuffycyent    mefe    ye 


94 

fholde  coveyte  nomore  as  at  that  tyme. 
^  Alfo  ye  fhall  befye  yourfelfe  to  nouryfh 
the  game  in  all  that  ye  maye :  &  to  de- 
ftroye  all  fuch  thynges  as  ben  devourers 
of  it.  ^  And  all  thofe  that  done  after  this 
rule  fhall  haue  the  bleffynge  of  God  & 
faynt  Petyr:  whyche  he  theym  graunte 
that  wyth  his  precyous  blood  vs  boughte. 

•[f  And  for  by  caufe  that  the  prefent 
treatyfe  fholde  not  come  to  y'^  hondys  of 
eche  ydle  perfone  whyche  wolde  defire  it 
yf  it  were  empryntyd  allone  by  itfelf  & 
put  in  a  lytyll  plaunflet,  therfore  I  haue 
compylyd  it  in  a  grete  volume  of  dyverfe 
bokys  concernynge  to  gentyll  and  noble 
men  to  the  extent  that  the  forfayd  per- 
fones  whyche  fholde  haue  but  lytyll  mefure 
in  the  fayd  dyfport  of  fyffhynge  fhold  not 
by  this  meane  utterly  deftroye  it. 


GLOSSARY. 


97 


QLOSSA^RY. 


aboue, 

above 

abrode, 

broad,  flat 

aege, 

age 

affectuoufly, 

effectively 

al, 

all 

alayd, 

annealed 

alaye, 

temper 

alym, 

alum 

anuelde, 

anvil 

armony, 

harmony 

afa  fetida,     . 

asafoetida 

afpyed, 

espied 

affayed, 

tried 

auayllyth, 

availeth 

aye, 

always 

ayenft, 

opposite 

ayre. 

air 

barbyll, 

barbel 

98 


baytys, 

baits 

beere, 

bear 

ben, 

be,  are 

bene, 

bean 

berde. 

beard 

befye, 

busy 

beten, 

beaten 

bethe, 

dry 

bi, 

be 

bleke, 

bleak 

blewe, 

blue 

blode, 

blood 

blouyth, 

bloweth 

bobbe, 

worm 

bokys. 

books 

bofarde. 

buzzard 

brede, 

breed  :  broad 

breede, 

bread 

brenne, 

burn 

broche, 

•          pin 

99 


brodes, 

broods 

broderer's, 

broiderer's 

broune, 

brown 

brybours, 

beggars 

brydgys, 

bridges 

byforn, 

before 

byghte, 

bend 

byneth, 

beneath 

byrde, 

bird 

bytyth, 

biteth 

caryd, 

carried 

caufer 

cautious 

chafyth, 

chaseth 

cheryes. 

cherries 

chefe, 

cheese 

cheuen, 

chub 

cheuyn. 

chub 

choyfe, 

choice 

clam, 

clamp 

clenneft, 

neatest 

lOO 


clyft, 

cockfhotecorde, 

comborous, 

comyn, 

comyngly, 

coporofe, 

cotes, 

couert, 

covetyfnes, 

creket, 

croppe, 

cuftumable, 

darfe, 

dediffhe, 

deed, 

delyte, 

departe, 

derke, 

deuo-uryth, 

deyntous, 


cleft 

cord  of  a  bird  net 

awkward 

coming  ;  common 

commonly 

copperas 

coots 

covert 

covetousness 

cricket 

rod 

customary 

dace 

deadish 

dead 

delight 

separate 

dark 

devoureth 

dainty 


lOI 


donne, 

dun 

dome, 

stickleback 

dofke, 

dusk 

doune, 

down 

dowble, 

double 

dowteles, 

doubtless 

draughte, 

drawing 

drede, 

dread 

drefet, 

dressed 

dubbe, 

artificial  fly 

duchys, 

duchess' 

dyche, 

ditch 

dyete, 

diet 

dyfcrecon, 

discretion 

dyfcryue, 

describe 

dyfeeyved. 

deceived 

dyfpleyfaunce, 

displeasure 

dyfportes, 

sports 

dyffyable, 

digestible 

dyuers, 

divers 

I02 


eche, 

each 

egre, 
elles, 

eager 
else 

enarmyd, 

armed 

euer, 

ever 

eueryche, 

each 

euyn, 
euyll, 
fadom. 

even 
evil 

fathom 

faftynd, 
faukener. 

fastened 
falconer 

Febres, 

fevers 

ferre, 

far 

feruente. 

fervent 

fete. 

feet 

fetely, 
fiffe, 

neatly 
fish 

fletynge, 

flonder, 

flotys, 

floating 

flounder 

floats 

I03 


floure, 

flourish 

flourynge, 

folowyth, 

fote. 

flourishing 

follows 

foot 

foulis, 

fowls 

foulynge, 
fraye, 
frenfe, 
frette, 

fowling 
frighten 
frensy,  fits 
bind, 

froffhys 
froffyhs,  /.  y6, 
fyrfte, 
fyffhe. 

frogs 
1'ead  froffhys 
first 
fish 

gamys, 
god, 

games 
good 

gogyn,  gogen, 
goodys. 

gudgeon 
goods 

goon, 

gofe, 

grauell, 

gone 

goose 

gravel 

I04 


greffes, 

griefs 

greous, 

grievous 

grefhop, 

grasshopper 

grete, 

great 

grues, 

mishaps 

gynnes, 

gins,  snares 

hakyll, 

hackle 

halynge, 

pulHng 

hamour, 

hammer 

hapyth, 

happeneth 

harnays, 

tackle 

hafyll, 

hazel 

haue, 

have 

heed, 

head 

heele, 

heal 

heere,  here, 

hair,  hear 

heering. 

herring 

heerons, 

herons 

hegge  hogge, 

hedge-hog 

hepis, 

hips 

lO^ 


herith, 

inherits 

herle, 

twist 

hertys, 

heart's 

heryd, 

haired 

hete, 

heat 

hethy, 

marshy 

heuey, 

heavy 

hoke,  hokis, 

hook,  hooks 

hole, 

whole 

holfom, 

wholesome 

honde, 

hand,  hound 

hopis, 

hoops 

hornys, 

horns 

hote, 

hot 

hou, 

how 

houe, 

have  had 

houndys, 

hounds 

hyllys, 

hills 

hym, 

him :  it 

io6 


luce, 

juice 

iuftly, 

exactly 

jenypre,. 

juniper 

kele, 

cool 

knoue, 

know 

knytte, 

tie 

kytte,  kitte, 

cut 

lakys, 

lakes 

lappid, 

lapped 

laffe, 

last 

laton. 

tin-plate,  brass 

leche, 

doctor 

lede. 

lead, 

lenger, 

longer 

lengefth, 

longest 

lepys,  lepyth, 

leaps 

lerne, 

learn 

lese, 

lose 

lete. 

let 

lette, 

hinder 

I07 


leue, 

leave 

leuys, 

leaves 

leyf, 

leaf 

loo, 

lo 

loke, 

look 

londe, 

land 

loof, 

loaf 

loue, 

love 

louper, 

looper-moth 

lufte. 

pleasure 

lynkys, 

links 

lynys. 

lines 

lyppes. 

lips 

lyfte, 

wish ;  list 

lyttell, 

litde 

maggdes. 

maggots 

magre. 

disgust 

makyth, 

makes 

malencoly, 

melancholy 

mannys,  menys, 

men's 

io8 


maure, 

moor 

mayle, 

outer  feathers 

mayfter, . 

master 

meane, 

mieans 

medeler, 

medlar 

meede, 

meadow 

meetes, 

meats 

menow,  menew, 

minnow 

mefe, 

mess 

moche, 

much 

mochenes, 

size 

monett,  moneth, 

month 

moo, 

more 

moryffhe, 

marshy 

myddis, 

midst 

Myghelmas, 

Michaelmas 

myghte, 

might 

mylle, 

mill 

myn, 

my 

myry, 

miry 

I09 


myffedynge, 

misfeeding 

ne, 

nor 

nedlys, 

needles 

nedyth, 

needs 

neuer, 

never 

nou, 

now 

noyous, 

annoying 

nyghe, 

near 

nyppe, 

nip 

o, 

on 

of, 

off,  of 

oke, 

oak 

ones, 

once 

ony, 

any 

ordeyne, 

order 

oryent, 

east 

ofmonde, 

a  fern,  or  the  starch  from  It 

ofe, 

ooze 

ofyer, 

osier 

other, 

either,  (sometimes) 

no 


ouer, 

over;  upper 

outrageo, 

outrageous 

ouyn, 

oven 

paaft, 

paste 

parablys, 

parables 

partyes, 

parts 

pecys, 

pieces 

pellettys, 

pellets 

penne, 

quill 

pennyd, 

confined 

penfyfneffe, 

pensiveness 

pertyche, 

partridge 

pefe, 

pea 

plaunflet, 

pamphlet 

pleafaunce. 

pleasure 

plube,  plumbe, 

lead  sinker 

plumbid. 

weighted 

poles. 

pools 

potell. 

two  quarts 

preuy. 

privately 

Ill 


prouerbe, 

proverb 

prouff, 

proof 

prouffytable, 

profitable 

prouyd, 

proved 

pryckyd, 

pricked 

pynfons, 

pincers 

pyfmeer, 

pismire 

pythe, 

pith 

pytte, 

pit 

quarell, 

square-head  needle 

quafy, 

queasy 

quycke, 

alive 

rauenous, 

ravenous 

redyneffe, 

readiness 

reioyce, 

.    rejoice 

renne, 

run 

reuarde, 

reward 

roche, 

roach 

roddyd, 

beaten 

ruffe,  /.  56,  read 

ruffe,  a  kind  of  perch 

112 


ryefe,  ryfe, 

rise  ;  raise 

ryuers, 

rivers 

famon, 

salmon 

fauoure, 

savour 

fauynge, 

saving 

fcume, 

scum 

fe, 

see 

ferny, 

full  of  seams 

ferue, 

serve 

feruyth, 

serveth 

fethe, 

seethe 

feuenth, 

seventh 

feu  e  rail, 

private. 

feuet, 

suet 

fhaue, 

shave 

fheppys,  shepes, 

sheep's 

fholde, 

should 

fhote. 

shoot 

fhynith. 

shines 

fhytte, 

shut 

113 


fmothe,  smoythe, 

smooth 

fmyte, 

strike 

fodaynly, 

suddenly 

fomdeale, 

somewhat 

fomer, 

summer 

fonny, 

sunny 

forde, 

sod 

foryly,    , 

sorrily 

fote, 

soot 

fouerayn, 

sovereign 

foukyeth, 

seeketh 

fowfe, 

pickle  " 

fpedyth, 

speedeth 

fpyryte, 

spirit 

ftange, 

pole 

fangyn, 

stanchion 

ftewe, 

pool 

ftonys, 

stones 

ftraue, 

straw 

ftreyghte,  streyte, 

straight 

114 


ftreyne, 

strain 

ftyre, 

stir 

fubtyll, 

sly 

furbat, 

broken  down 

furfette, 

surfeit 

fufteyne, 

sustained 

fuymmyth, 

swims 

fwetynge, 

sweating 

fyth, 

certainly 

fyxte, 

sixth 

tap  re, 

taper 

taudy. 

white-dressed 

taylle, 

tail 

techyth, 

teacheth 

thende. 

the  end 

thencreasynge, 

the  increase 

theym,  thym. 

them 

thevys, 

thieves 

thorugh,  thrugh. 

through 

thouer, 

the  upper 

115 


thre, 

three 

threde, 

thread 

thride, 

third 

thrles, 

thrice 

thyncarnacon, 

the  incarnation 

thyfe, 

this,  these 

togyder,  togyd, 

together 

tongys, 

tongs 

torde, 

turd 

torne, 

turn 

toftyd, 

toasted 

traueyle, 

travail,  labor 

trought, 

trout 

tuys, 

twice 

tuytch, 

worm 

twelue, 

twelve 

twynyd, 

twisted 

uythin. 

within 

vertgrees. 

verdigris 

vl,  vy, 

six 

ii6 


vnder, 

under 

Vnderstonde, 

understand 

vndoyng^, 

undoing 

vnto, 

unto 

voyde, 

useless,  avoid 

vp, 

up 

vpon, 

upon 

vfe, 

use 

vfyth, 

frequents 

vyfe,  ' 

vise 

waar, 

beware 

waxing, 

growing 

wedder,  wedyr, 

weather 

wedys, 

weeds 

wegge, 

wedge 

weke, 

weak 

wenyth, 

thinks 

wete,  weete. 

wet 

wexe. 

grow 

whan, 

when 

117 


whoos, 

whose 

whyrlinge, 

whirllno^ 

whyftelyth, 

whisdes 

wold, 

would 

woll, 

will  ;    wool 

woode, 

to  steep  in  wood  ashes 

wood  fatte, 

wood-ash-vat 

wote, 

knows 

wreste, 

rest 

w\ 

with 

wull, 

wool 

wylowe, 

willow 

wynges, 

wings 

wyte, 

wit;  know 

y^ 

the 

yerde, 

yard;  shank 

yere, 

year 

yeve, 

give 

yevyth, 

gives 

•yf. 

if 

ii8 

ylyke,  alike 

ynough,  enough 

yonge,  young 

yreu,  p.  5^,  read  yren 
yren,  yron,  iron 


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